A coming-of-age tale for the young and naïve 17-year-old Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey takes a decidedly comical look at themes of class, family, love and literature....

There is no substitute for unabridged

By
D. Littman
on
09-08-17

Alien: Covenant Origins

The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film

By:
Alan Dean Foster

Narrated by:
Tom Taylorson

Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

62

Performance

59

Story

58

The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani....

Good preview into earth

By
bringdapain
on
11-24-17

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dramatized)

By:
Mark Twain

Narrated by:
full cast

Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins

Original Recording

Overall

24

Performance

8

Story

8

If your best friend is named Huckleberry Finn, and there's a girl in your life named Becky Thatcher, a villain named Injun Joe, and you and your friends get into all kinds of mischief...

Awesome !!!!!😎

By
Sarah L.
on
03-14-17

The Lone Ranger Rides

By:
Fran Striker

Narrated by:
Jeff Wiens

Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

35

Performance

28

Story

28

The lifeless bodies of Texas Rangers lay scattered on the floor of Bryant’s Gap....

Hi-Yo, Silver!

By
Troy
on
07-15-13

Star Wars: Dark Empire (Dramatized)

By:
Tom Veitch

Narrated by:
full cast

Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

282

Performance

224

Story

225

Six years after the battle of Endor, the fight for freedom rages on....

Wow... A must hear

By
Daniel
on
03-02-08

Publisher's Summary

Audie Award Nominee, Romance, 2013

Based on Johnston McCulley’s The Curse of Capistrano first published in 1919.

Set in Los Angeles during the era of early 19th-century Colonial Spanish California, the story introduces us to wealthy, young aristocrat Don Diego de la Vega, son of the richest ranchero in the country. Don Diego is an idler who has never concerned himself with more than the cut of his clothes. Unlike other full-blooded youths of his age, he presents himself as a fop, lacking in vigor, vitality, and strength. But Vega’s timorous reputation is merely a mask to conceal his alter ego—El Zorro. As Zorro, dressed in black and wearing a mask, he is transformed into a cunning swordsman who fearlessly pulls off dashing and daring escapades in his quest to avenge the helpless, aid the poor and oppressed, and punish cruel officials. Deemed an outlaw by California’s corrupt governor, he is ever-hunted by the Commandante of La Reina de Los Angeles, Capitan Ramón, and his henchman, Sergeant Pedro Gonzalez.

Forced to find a wife or lose his inheritance, Diego sets off to romance the fiery, outspoken Lolita Pulido, the most beautiful señorita in Los Angeles. Unimpressed with Diego’s passionless efforts to win her affections, Lolita finds herself attracted to the dashing and courageous Zorro. With the Pulido family having been impoverished by the corrupt governor, her father would see her married to the rich Don Diego. At the same time, the nobly born but morally dissolute Captain Ramón has also taken an interest in the fair señorita, making matters worse. As tensions heighten between Ramón and the Pulido family and pursuit of the masked avenger intensifies, Zorro leaves his mark on those who would perpetrate injustice.

The Mark of Zorro, masterfully adapted into a full-cast audio drama by the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear especially for Blackstone Audio, is an exciting, action packed, swashbuckling adventure that will have listeners on the edge of their seats.

Performance

Story

Over the Top Fun

It's sometimes easy to forget just how much fun Zorro really is, even with all the cheese of the genre and the naivete of the story. But as a lifelong fan of the character, I keep coming back time and again to sample the different versions, and invariably I walk away with a big grin when I find one like this. Zorro is best when played straight, even if the story around him is over the top, and Val Kilmer deserves high praise for pulling it off in classic style. If you know the story, have fun with this take on it. If not (how is that possible?!), this is about as good of an introduction as you could ask for.

An excellent adventure story

Full of humor, snark and action, this audiobook is well worth the listen, though it alters a few things from McCulley's original version. The most notable alteration, and the only reason I gave this particular version 4 stars instead of 5, is that it entirely skips the d??nouement, a.k.a. the last couple pages of the written version. Audio listeners thus miss out on Zorro's reveal, which entirely changes the end of the story. It's a shame, really, because this is otherwise a gloriously fun recording.